The Learning Planet Festival

The Learning Planet Festival is organised by the Learning Planet International Alliance initiative every year around International Education Day, in partnership with UNESCO and hundreds of pioneering organisations in the fields of education, culture, science, social and environmental impact, as well as with thousands of students and young activists from all over the world.  

Hundreds of events, both local and online, provide opportunities to share ideas and current projects, to launch initiatives, to mobilise the forces that are committed to adapting our learning models to the accelerated transitions of the 21st century.

Five tracks divide the 5 day programme, focusing also on technology skills:

24 January, Tuesday – International Day of Education - The Assembly: LearningPlanetizen unite! 

Gathering and harnessing planetary ambitions to transform education and create new learning narratives. On this day we celebrate our shift from citizens to Planetizens, and unite to address our 21st century priorities. With a firm focus on vision & enablement, A-list speakers and experts from a range of disciplines (not education only) will share their ideas and best practices on how we can transform and use learning and education for:

Well-being –  Learning to take care of oneself 
Equity –  Learning to take care of oneself and others
Environment –  Learning to take care of oneself, others and the planet

25 January, Wednesday – Transforming Education Action Track 

Following the Transforming Education Summit, spanning K-12 to higher education, and including vocational training and lifelong learning, this is where our focus includes redefining learning priorities, assessment of success, teachers & students’ interactions, new pedagogies, new ways of doing research, interdisciplinarity, emerging jobs, and all aspects of equipping learners to have a meaningful impact in the world. This is also where education and the environment meet and we work on learning to take care of our planet, including how to support the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals.

26 January, Thursday – The Learning Society Action Track 

Transforming learning for our rapidly changing and complex society calls for inputs from a broad range of stakeholders. This is where our social innovators, on-the-ground pioneers, learning ecosystems and cities, as well as those supporting learning in adverse environments (conflict zones, climate disaster regions, refugee camps, …) come to design, implement, scale, train and share their work. This is also where education and equity meet and we focus on learning to take care of each other, with actors including activists and peace-keepers, as well as local authorities joining to create new, inclusive and equal rights.

27 January, Friday – The Future Action Track 

Exploring future learning spaces, tools and techniques, this is where we activate our vision and imagination to ask how new technologies and platforms, as well as CivicTech and EdTech, can support us and our learning planet. In the new era of Web3, VR, DAO, and ever more data, we consider the opportunities and challenges ahead. This is where education also meets well-being, and it is where we examine the ethics and standards needed to create safe and healthy digital learning environments. As well as looking forward, we will also consider how we can combine tech and traditional wisdoms, humanities, and sciences to take better care of ourselves, and our human (and avatar’s) mind, body, and spirits.

28 January, Saturday – Planetizens Take the Stage 

Exploring future learning spaces, tools and techniques, this is where we activate our vision and imagination to ask how new technologies and platforms, as well as CivicTech and EdTech, can support us and our learning planet. In the new era of Web3, VR, DAO, and ever more data, we consider the opportunities and challenges ahead. This is where education also meets well-being, and it is where we examine the ethics and standards needed to create safe and healthy digital learning environments. As well as looking forward, we will also consider how we can combine tech and traditional wisdoms, humanities, and sciences to take better care of ourselves, and our human (and avatar’s) mind, body, and spirits.

The full program is available here.